D-dimer assays in patients with carotid atherosclerosis in clinical practice

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 97-102

  Marci, M ^b   Lozzi, A ^b   Miconi, R ^b   Panzini, E ^b   Monaldo, M ^a   Raffa, S ^a  

^a A Angelucci Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Fibrin fibrinogen degradation products

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034169679     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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